bozarthzone

MARCH 15, 2018

Classroom trainers are often recruited to create eLearning content that is nothing more than a regurgitation of classroom materials.

Instructional Design 40

Instructional Design Design Instructional Instruction 40

bozarthzone

DECEMBER 4, 2012

How many organizations invest in more authoring tools and asset libraries than they do in people who know how to use them to design more effectively? “How much of our training budget goes to things that have nothing to do with ‘learning’? Why does the LMS cost more than the whole L&D department?

Content 45

Content Library Budget Authoring 45

bozarthzone

APRIL 18, 2012

The author has called in some big guns in terms of expertise, with Alicia Sanchez providing a chapter-length case study from Defense Acquisition University, and a chapter on virtual reality games from expert Koreen Olbrish. Chapters open with questions, which provides a nice advance organizer for the information to come.

Gamification 85

Gamification Case Study Blogging Instructional 85

bozarthzone

JANUARY 17, 2010

204) Learning in 3D offers sound advice for avoiding what the authors call a “virtual ghost town” and maximizing time and work put into the efforts. Authors Karl Kapp and Tony O’Driscoll stress the importance of planning, of intent, of systemic approach and strategy.

Blogging 40

Blogging Sound Social Networks Facebook 40

bozarthzone

APRIL 12, 2015

It is hard, looking at an authoring tool, to refrain from wanting to start loading content and searching for templates and images. As I like to say in one of my own design workshops: “Put your hands in the air and step away from the computer.” Think about the look and feel and the feeling and the view from 10,000 feet.

Authoring Tools 40

Authoring Tools Solution Design Compliance Training 40

bozarthzone

MARCH 3, 2013

While I’m not looking for much in the way of “authoring” outside of PowerPoint itself, the iSpring suite includes the Quizmaker and the Kinetics interaction tools so I did take them for a spin. The Quizmaker provides options to create graded multiple choice, matching, hotspot, even text entry items or ungraded survey-style quizzes.

PowerPoint 60

PowerPoint Convert Quizmaker Flash to HTML5 Conversion 60

bozarthzone

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Use online technologies to enable learners to interact with an author or expert.") One weekend I brought home a pile of activities-for-trainers books from the office, intending to do a quick sweep to see if I'd missed anything major (I had. To quote my favorite checkout person at Target, LaQuinta: "OMG" (pronounced "OMG").

Attitudes 49

Attitudes Social Media Guidelines Social Networks 49